]]>http://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-feb-27/feed/1Sterling Spencer Goes Bowling - Smoothing his groove at a lovely pier bowlhttp://www.surfermag.com/videos/sterling-spencer-goes-pier-bowling/
http://www.surfermag.com/videos/sterling-spencer-goes-pier-bowling/#commentsThu, 26 Feb 2015 19:28:40 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=242826Bear with me here: To test the artsy timelessness of Sterling’s epic pier sesh, I watched this edit on mute with Ghostface Killah’s “Nutmeg (featuring the RZA)” playing over the top of it. (To each his own.) And you know what, it works just fine that way too. This just goes to show that Sterling […]

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/videos/sterling-spencer-goes-pier-bowling/feed/0Week in Review - Random happenings in surf for the week of February 20thhttp://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-37/
http://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-37/#commentsFri, 20 Feb 2015 18:08:13 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-37/Random happenings in surf for the week of February 20th.

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-37/feed/0Getting Rocked at North Point - Man fall down go boomhttp://www.surfermag.com/blogs/random-happenings/rubbing-rocks-north-point/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/random-happenings/rubbing-rocks-north-point/#commentsTue, 17 Feb 2015 23:51:27 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=242322Since the dawn of time, dudes getting busted up trying to rock dance out to the jump-off spot has been hilarious. Case in point, the timelessly funny travails of this would be North Point charger who’s entry to the lineup was rudely rebuffed by nature. The slipping, the falling, the splashing, the beating. It’s funny, […]

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/random-happenings/rubbing-rocks-north-point/feed/2Week in Review - Random happenings in surf for the week of February 13thhttp://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-feb-13/
http://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-feb-13/#commentsFri, 13 Feb 2015 18:35:13 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-feb-13/Random happenings in surf for the week of February 13th.

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-feb-13/feed/1Vibes and Stuff - Starring Dusty Paynehttp://www.surfermag.com/videos/dusty-payne-vibes-n-stuff/
http://www.surfermag.com/videos/dusty-payne-vibes-n-stuff/#commentsThu, 12 Feb 2015 19:31:05 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=242134The post Vibes and Stuff appeared first on SURFER Magazine.
]]>http://www.surfermag.com/videos/dusty-payne-vibes-n-stuff/feed/3Never Too Late - A welcome to those who learn to surf as adultshttp://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/never-too-late-to-be-called-a-kook/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/never-too-late-to-be-called-a-kook/#commentsThu, 12 Feb 2015 17:23:05 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=242070Being a beginner sucks. There’s nothing worse. If you’ve managed to survive to adulthood while preserving even the tiniest, most minuscule shred of pride, it’s gone the instant you step out on a limb and become—God forbid—new at something. Kids, on the other hand, can learn anything in five minutes and be smug little assholes […]

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/mind-geoff-mcfetridge/feed/2Week in Review - Random happenings in surf for the week of February 6thhttp://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-feb-6/
http://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-feb-6/#commentsFri, 06 Feb 2015 18:00:10 +0000Random happenings in surf for the week of February 6th.

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-feb-6/feed/0Big Wave Bianca - Bianca Valenti on being a woman in big-wave lineupshttp://www.surfermag.com/features/bianca-valenti/
http://www.surfermag.com/features/bianca-valenti/#commentsThu, 05 Feb 2015 08:15:03 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=241552Ocean Beach, San Francisco, can assume the mood of about a million different surf breaks—sometimes all within the same hour—depending on swell, tides, wind, or the particular malevolence of your God that day. But the place can really be reduced to two surf spots: under eight-feet, and then anything bigger than that. The (growing) crowds […]

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/features/bianca-valenti/feed/27Iceland Aces - The two Noahs—Wegrich and Cohen—pick and choose Iceland's best cornershttp://www.surfermag.com/videos/iceland-aces/
http://www.surfermag.com/videos/iceland-aces/#commentsWed, 04 Feb 2015 19:01:26 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=241693Nobody really knows how Iceland got its name. Some think it was called that to fool people into thinking it was a frozen wasteland, when really, it’s not so bad. Others say that one of the first Nordic explorers to find the place showed up in the summer, thought it was great, then winter came […]

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/videos/iceland-aces/feed/0Week in Review - Random happenings in surf for the week of January 30thhttp://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-jan-30/
http://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-jan-30/#commentsFri, 30 Jan 2015 20:10:12 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-jan-30/Random happenings in surf for the week of January 30th.

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-jan-30/feed/2Nicaragua Surf Trip Checklist - Headed to Nicaragua? Make sure to check all the boxes on this handy travel guidehttp://www.surfermag.com/features/nicaragua-surf-trip-checklist/
http://www.surfermag.com/features/nicaragua-surf-trip-checklist/#commentsTue, 27 Jan 2015 08:30:01 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=241208Offshores 300 days a year? Flights for a few hundred bucks? A wide swell window, diverse reef complex, and permanently tropical lineups? Any of that tickle your fancy? It's all within reach with a quick jaunt to Nicaragua, a booming exotic surf destination for plenty good reason.

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/features/nicaragua-surf-trip-checklist/feed/17All Aboard The Artificial Reef Train - Swim clear of the closing doorshttp://www.surfermag.com/blogs/random-happenings/aboard-artificial-reef-train/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/random-happenings/aboard-artificial-reef-train/#commentsMon, 26 Jan 2015 21:38:31 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=241028It makes the most perverse kind of sense. Humans have done such a thoroughly efficient job of ruining the oceans that we just dump more trash into the sea in an attempt to preserve dwindling marine habitats. Fighting fire with fire, I suppose. Anyway, New York City has been sinking old, dilapidated subway cars into […]

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/random-happenings/sunny-takes-punch/feed/7Week in Review - Random happenings in surf for the week of January 23rdhttp://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-jan-23/
http://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-jan-23/#commentsFri, 23 Jan 2015 19:25:25 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-jan-23/Random happenings in surf for the week of January 23rd.

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/features/green-wave/feed/12Ricardo dos Santos, Dead at 24 - Surf community in mourninghttp://www.surfermag.com/features/ricardo-dos-santos-dead-24/
http://www.surfermag.com/features/ricardo-dos-santos-dead-24/#commentsTue, 20 Jan 2015 17:45:37 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=240893With heavy hearts we report that Brazil’s Ricardo dos Santos has passed away after suffering gunshot wounds yesterday outside his home. He was 24 years old. Reports flooded social media channels all day with differing accounts of the incident, but it appears that dos Santos was murdered by an off-duty police officer after an altercation […]

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/features/ricardo-dos-santos-dead-24/feed/61Ricardo dos Santos Shot in Brazil - Brazilian charger fights for his life after attack by gunmenhttp://www.surfermag.com/features/ricardo-dos-santos-shot-brazil/
http://www.surfermag.com/features/ricardo-dos-santos-shot-brazil/#commentsMon, 19 Jan 2015 17:40:10 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=240855Brazilian pro surfer Ricardo dos Santos is in critical condition after suffering three gunshot wounds. Details are still trickling in at this point, but initial reports suggest that he was attacked near the beach outside his home after confronting a group of men openly using drugs near children. The men left following the altercation, but […]

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/features/ricardo-dos-santos-shot-brazil/feed/20Creative in Canada - The highest highs and lowest lows of cold-water explorationhttp://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/creative-canada/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/creative-canada/#commentsFri, 16 Jan 2015 23:20:28 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=240806The post Creative in Canada appeared first on SURFER Magazine.
]]>http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/creative-canada/feed/3Week in Review - Random happenings in surf for the week of January 16thhttp://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-jan-16/
http://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-jan-16/#commentsFri, 16 Jan 2015 20:40:25 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-jan-16/Random happenings in surf for the week of January 16th.

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-jan-16/feed/0Travocadler - The smoothest of rollshttp://www.surfermag.com/videos/travocadler/
http://www.surfermag.com/videos/travocadler/#commentsWed, 14 Jan 2015 21:33:05 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=240665The post Travocadler appeared first on SURFER Magazine.
]]>http://www.surfermag.com/videos/travocadler/feed/3Week in Review - Random happenings in surf for the week of January 9thhttp://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-jan-9/
http://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-jan-9/#commentsFri, 09 Jan 2015 20:15:02 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-jan-9/Random happenings in surf for the week of January 9th.

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-jan-9/feed/3Serious SUPsquatch - Is it still SUP if everybody's sitting down?http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/random-happenings/serious-supsquatching/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/random-happenings/serious-supsquatching/#commentsThu, 08 Jan 2015 19:01:12 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=240460Jamie O’Brien and crew continue their dogged pursuit to punch danger in the face all over the North Shore. They’ve been tackling big Sunset and Waimea on these ginormous SUPsquatch contraptions, which looks pretty fun, unless you’re staring that thing down from the impact zone.

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/random-happenings/serious-supsquatching/feed/10Welcome to the WSL Era - The Shoe City Pro QS1000 is first WSL eventhttp://www.surfermag.com/blogs/random-happenings/wsl-era-begins/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/random-happenings/wsl-era-begins/#commentsThu, 08 Jan 2015 18:56:17 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=240446Hey, how about that? It’s On! With surprisingly little fanfare, the first ever WSL event is in full swing over at the Shoe City Pro at Huntington Beach. It’s a QS1000, which used to be a 1-Star, so, it’s not exactly the Pipe Masters or anything, but still, it’s the rebranded WSL’s first event, so […]

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/random-happenings/wsl-era-begins/feed/4Shark Attack Survivor Speaks - Kevin Swanson calmly talks through his terrifying encounterhttp://www.surfermag.com/features/shark-attack-survivor-speaks/
http://www.surfermag.com/features/shark-attack-survivor-speaks/#commentsWed, 07 Jan 2015 23:04:02 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=240386Morro Bay surfer Kevin Swanson, 50, was surfing a quiet beachbreak along nearby Montaña de Oro State Park on December 28th when he was violently attacked by a shark. He was pulled under, then released, with a nasty bite wound on his right hip and leg. Swanson’s army experience was handy—he was trained decades ago […]

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/features/shark-attack-survivor-speaks/feed/3Justine “Courageux” Dupont - Heavy, heavy French tubes with Justinehttp://www.surfermag.com/videos/justine-courageux-dupont/
http://www.surfermag.com/videos/justine-courageux-dupont/#commentsWed, 07 Jan 2015 22:58:35 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=240404France’s Justine Dupont is not afraid. She is not afraid of big mean tubes, and she is not afraid of freezing Atlantic water. She is especially not afraid of both of those things at the same time. Giant Irish slabs, heaving Hossegor beachbreak, whatever. She’s game.

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-36/feed/3The End of History - Does progression matter in surfing?http://www.surfermag.com/features/progression-in-surfing/
http://www.surfermag.com/features/progression-in-surfing/#commentsMon, 29 Dec 2014 19:15:09 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=240159It is worth reflecting on the fact that as surfing has grown and evolved since Duke kick-started the sport’s revival a century ago, little seems to have changed when it comes to our pure enjoyment.

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/features/progression-in-surfing/feed/26Week in Review - Random happenings in surf for the week of December 26thhttp://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-35/
http://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-35/#commentsFri, 26 Dec 2014 20:21:53 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-35/Random happenings in surf for the week of December 26th.

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-35/feed/10Mavericks Marches In - The last day of fall brings the biggest swell of the year to Northern Californiahttp://www.surfermag.com/photos/mavericks-gallery/
http://www.surfermag.com/photos/mavericks-gallery/#commentsMon, 22 Dec 2014 18:36:07 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=239972The post Mavericks Marches In appeared first on SURFER Magazine.
]]>http://www.surfermag.com/photos/mavericks-gallery/feed/7The Legacy of Jay - Jay Moriarity's wipeout, 20 years laterhttp://www.surfermag.com/features/legacy-jay-moriarity/
http://www.surfermag.com/features/legacy-jay-moriarity/#commentsFri, 19 Dec 2014 18:46:16 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=239566I feel bad writing this, but when my thoughts turn to Jay Moriarity, I always, incorrectly, think he died during that horrible “Iron Cross” wipeout he took at Mavs, 20 years ago today. Take a minute and click over to Jay’s Encyclopedia of Surfing entry and watch the clip. I would be stressed getting pitched like that […]

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/features/legacy-jay-moriarity/feed/8Week in Review - Random happenings in surf for the week of December 19thhttp://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-dec-19/
http://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-dec-19/#commentsFri, 19 Dec 2014 17:40:57 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-dec-19/Random happenings in surf for the week of December 19th.

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-dec-19/feed/0Godspeed, Travis Logie - The Tour says goodbyehttp://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/godspeed-travis-logie/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/godspeed-travis-logie/#commentsThu, 18 Dec 2014 19:48:32 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=239805“I almost felt more sorry for the guy I beat than I was stoked for winning,” Travis Logie told the ASP last month when he announced his decision to retire. It’s just that sort of camaraderie, built over 10 years on Tour, that was on display when he was carried up the beach at Pipe […]

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/godspeed-travis-logie/feed/0Can Big-Wave Surfing Be Safe? - The New Yorker dives inhttp://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/big-wave-surfing-new-yorker/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/big-wave-surfing-new-yorker/#commentsTue, 16 Dec 2014 21:51:11 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=239584If even those of us who are longtime surfers, but not big-wave hellions (me, certainly) are fascinated by how the heavywater crew can survive the beatings they take, imagine how amazed the general, non-surfing public must be. The New Yorker, of all publications, are as befuddled as anybody, so they’ve waded into the developments surrounding […]

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/big-wave-surfing-new-yorker/feed/14Week in Review - Random happenings in surf for the week of December 12thhttp://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-dec-12/
http://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-dec-12/#commentsFri, 12 Dec 2014 21:00:52 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-dec-12/Random happenings in surf for the week of December 12th.

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-dec-12/feed/0A Curation: The Marine Layer Archive - The best five clips from Dane Reynolds' Vimeo bombhttp://www.surfermag.com/features/curating-marine-layer-productions/
http://www.surfermag.com/features/curating-marine-layer-productions/#commentsWed, 10 Dec 2014 23:54:08 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=239265Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice, for the day of all days has come. All of the clips from Dane Reynold’s Marine Layer Productions now live in perpetuity and for absolute gratis on Vimeo. A couple years back Dane’s crew refreshed the Marine Layer site, and in so doing, sadly relegated many of the best old clips—I’m talking […]

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/features/curating-marine-layer-productions/feed/4From the Projects to the Beach - Marin County surf camp hosts Sunnydale inner city crewhttp://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/sunnydale-projects-beach/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/sunnydale-projects-beach/#commentsTue, 09 Dec 2014 21:10:08 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=239245The past few years, Ian Glover and the rest of the crew at Marin County’s Big Dog Surf Camp (with help from San Francisco shaper Tim Gras and the TURF Community Development organization) have spent a day sharing the surf with kids from Sunnydale—one of San Francisco’s most violent housing projects. For most of these […]

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/sunnydale-projects-beach/feed/1Week in Review - Random happenings in surf for the week of December 7thhttp://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-dec-7/
http://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-dec-7/#commentsSun, 07 Dec 2014 23:00:29 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-dec-7/Random happenings in surf for the week of December 7th.

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-dec-7/feed/1Honoring Eddie - A gallery of moments from the opening ceremonyhttp://www.surfermag.com/photos/honoring-eddie/
http://www.surfermag.com/photos/honoring-eddie/#commentsSun, 07 Dec 2014 00:02:57 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=239103The post Honoring Eddie appeared first on SURFER Magazine.
]]>http://www.surfermag.com/photos/honoring-eddie/feed/1Greening the Triple Crown - Curbing that surf contest wastehttp://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/greening-triple-crown/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/greening-triple-crown/#commentsFri, 05 Dec 2014 22:46:02 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=238967When thousands of visitors descend on a surf contest site, they leave behind a ton of trash in their wake. And it takes a massive amount of energy to run a World Tour event, from fueling the generators that power the electricity used to produce the webcasts, to flying staffmembers—not to mention that giant wooden […]

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/greening-triple-crown/feed/2Iran’s Female Surf Pioneers - Iran's first surf scene is led by its womenhttp://www.surfermag.com/features/iran-female-surf-revolution/
http://www.surfermag.com/features/iran-female-surf-revolution/#commentsMon, 01 Dec 2014 19:30:03 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=238419Balochistan. The place sounds made up, like something from a terrible Borat sequel. But it’s very real, and it’s very dangerous. The New York Times recently christened Balochistan as “The Scariest Little Corner of the World.” It’s an amorphous blob making up rural and often lawless parts of Pakistan, Afghanistan, and southeastern Iran. It also […]

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/features/iran-female-surf-revolution/feed/25Week in Review - Random happenings in surf for the week of November 21sthttp://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-nov-28/
http://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-nov-28/#commentsFri, 28 Nov 2014 21:00:57 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-nov-28/Random happenings in surf for the week of November 28.

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-nov-28/feed/2Week in Review - Random happenings in surf for the week of November 21sthttp://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-nov-21/
http://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-nov-21/#commentsFri, 21 Nov 2014 22:00:47 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-nov-21/Random happenings in surf for the week of November 21.

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/industry-news/sustainable-surf-wins-agent-change-award/feed/2Agents of Change - Surfers committed to protecting our oceanshttp://www.surfermag.com/features/agents-of-change/
http://www.surfermag.com/features/agents-of-change/#commentsMon, 17 Nov 2014 19:00:25 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=238128“Anyone who is willing to put in the work can have a major impact on ocean protection.”

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/features/agents-of-change/feed/8Week in Review - Random happenings in surf for the week of November 14thhttp://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-nov-14/
http://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-nov-14/#commentsFri, 14 Nov 2014 21:31:04 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-nov-14/Random happenings in surf for the week of November 14.

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/week-in-review/week-review-nov-14/feed/3Electric Shark Punching - It's like tough love for sharkshttp://www.surfermag.com/features/electric-shark-barrier/
http://www.surfermag.com/features/electric-shark-barrier/#commentsThu, 13 Nov 2014 22:58:04 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=238043Just offshore Cape Town, South Africa, researchers are busily setting up a new kind of shark barrier to keep the toothy predators from mingling with surfers and swimmers at popular beaches. Rather than the old standby of a shark net, this new barrier just punches sharks in the face. With electricity. Basically. Why didn’t somebody […]

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/features/electric-shark-barrier/feed/12Cutback to Australia - A fresh cut of fresh cutshttp://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/cutback-australia/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/cutback-australia/#commentsMon, 10 Nov 2014 22:39:33 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=237913Last year, we ran a charming little edit called “Cutback to California.” It featured a Japanese barber/longboard enthusiast named Karu, who traveled out to California, cut a little hair, and surfed some little waves. This time Karu hit the Australian shore, scissors and log in tow. He even got to give Mark Richards a trim. […]